Cuba Reaches out to Brazil
July 20th, 2008 Courtesy of Project Syndicate, an excellent analysis of Cuba’s gradual process of changing Cuba’s economy and international relations and – most specifically – efforts to [...]
Russia-ing North: A Plan To Develop Arctic Oil Reserves
July 20th, 2008 From The Star.com, news that the Kremlin will handpick companies to develop the vast oil reserves believed to be located in the Russian Arctic.  As the article notes:  “…Medvedev [...]
Gulf Continues to Accelerate
July 20th, 2008 Via Arabian Business.com, an interesting article detailing the biggest share gainers in the Gulf during the first half of 2008.  According to the report: “…Four of the world’s [...]
Geopolitics of Iran
July 18th, 2008 Via Stratfor (subscription required), an excellent analysis of Iran.  As the piece notes: “…Iran is the 17th largest country in world. It measures 1,684,000 square kilometers. That [...]
Mobius: Look at Turkey, Russia, and Poland
July 18th, 2008 As reported by BBJ.hu, Turkish, Russian and Polish stocks are the most attractive in emerging Europe, in the eyes of high-profile emerging markets fund manager Mark Mobius.  As the article noted: [...]
China’s (Six Lane) Drive to Become a Leader in African Oil Extraction
July 18th, 2008 Per a recent Energy Daily report, Beijing continues to pursue closer business and political relations in Africa as part of its strategy to become a leader in African oil extraction.  As the [...]

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Wildcats & Black Sheep is a personal interest blog dedicated to the identification and evaluation of maverick investment opportunities arising in frontier - and, what some may consider to be, “rogue” or “black sheep” - markets around the world.

Focusing primarily on The New Seven Sisters - the largely state owned petroleum companies from the emerging world that have become key players in the oil & gas industry as identified by Carola Hoyos, Chief Energy Correspondent for The Financial Times - but spanning other nascent opportunities around the globe that may hold potential in the years ahead, Wildcats & Black Sheep is a place for the adventurous to contemplate & evaluate the emerging markets of tomorrow.